Mon 26 February 2024: A man was taken to the hospital after the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said he set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy Sunday afternoon. Around 1 p.m., MPD officers responded to the 3500 block of International Drive, NW, to assist the United States Secret Service (USSS) after an individual set […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: In the conflict-torn northern area of Burkina Faso, gunmen ambushed a community gathered for mass at a church, killing at least fifteen Catholic attendees in a village, church officials said. The violence that occurred on Sunday in the village of Essakane was described as a “terrorist attack” by Abbot Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Saturday lifted economic and travel sanctions on Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso with immediate effect. The ECOWAS Commission lifted travel, commercial, and economic sanctions imposed on all three countries that were aimed at reversing military coups staged in the countries in 2023, […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: On Saturday, Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley once more, this time in South Carolina, the former governor’s home state. Shortly after the polls closed at 7 p.m. local time, the Associated Press declared Trump the winner of the Republican presidential primary. The former president won his primary opponent’s home state by […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: Israel’s War Cabinet decided late Saturday to send a delegation to Qatar to have talks on a hostage exchange agreement with the Palestinian group Hamas, according to Israeli media. “An Israeli delegation, with a level of representation lower than that at the Paris talks, will go to Qatar to continue negotiations […]
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Sun 25 February 2024: The death toll for women and children in Gaza, amid Israel’s relentless attacks since Oct. 7, exceeds six times that of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War, revealing the severe brutality in the region. Anadolu compiled civilian casualties in the Russian-Ukrainian War since Feb. 24, 2022, and women and children deaths in the […]
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Sat 24 February 2024: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also president of the governing African National Congress (ANC), said Saturday that his party will focus on six priorities to fix the economy, including job creation, reindustrialization, investing in infrastructure and tackling the high cost of living. The ANC will create 2.5 million job opportunities in […]
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Sat 24 February 2024: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan will write to the IMF urging it to call for an independent audit of the country’s controversial Feb. 8 national elections before it continues talks with Islamabad, his lawyer said on Thursday. Pakistan averted default last summer thanks to a short term International Monetary […]
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Sat 24 February 2024: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday once again said that the Israeli military is committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. “It is a genocide. Thousands of children are dead and thousands are missing. Soldiers are not dying. Women and children are dying at the hospital,” he said at an event in […]
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Sat 24 February 2024: The Calcutta High Court this week told the government of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal to consider renaming two lions in a zoo-cum-animal reserve after a Hindu nationalist organisation called Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) found their names rather catty. Starting on Tuesday, the court heard the plea requesting a change of name […]
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